| Tanzania has one of the lowest rates of secondary school enrolment in the world, withless than7% of suitably aged youth enrolled.
This state of affairs is economically unwise and socially unsustainable. Education should be viewed as the main tool for the eradication of ignorance, poverty and disease.
Although in Tanzinia about 85% of children enroll at the primary level, about 20% of these drop out before finishing.
Government spending on education dropped from 12% of the budget in 1981/82 to 4% in 1994/95. It is only external funding that prevented the situation in the education sector becoming worse.
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Gifts for Kagera booklet
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THE SCHOOL HAS OPENED
On 19 February 2007 the Mchungaji Mwema Secondary School opened.
The co-educational school has opened with about 80 students' 50% males and 50% females.
Mr Jackson Bahemu has been appointed the first headmaster.
A Board of Trustees, including local and Government representatives has been elected.
School on Parade Administration Building
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ABOUT KAGERASCHOOL.ORG.NZ
This site is about the assisting the local people of Ngara and the Tanzanian Government to realise the gift of education and hope.
Ngara is a district capital in north-western Tanzania, about 25 miles from the border with Rwanda and Burundi.
A coordinating committee from the Anglican Diocese in Wellington New Zealand ,has taken up this project to raise funds and provide support to the people of Kagera so that they can have a secondary school at Ngara.
To donate to this worthwhile project, please go to our donation page on this site and complete the details required. Your donation will go directly to the people of Ngara to help them realise their dream of a secondary school in their area. The Wellington Diocese audits and monitors all funding.
For further details please call us or use the contact form .
VISIT TO NGARA KAGERA TANZANIA JUNE/JULY 2009
The major task planned for this year's visit was to complete the Science Laboratory Building,(a block comprising 2 laboratory classrooms and teacher's preparation rooms). We needed to carry out other needed maintenance at the school.
We therefore timed our visit during the June school holidays.
We had a team of five at the school comprising Stephen Voss(a craftsman) and his wife Claudia-Anne (from Wanganui); Jeff lee (Wellingon) Mary and John Rowan (Wanganui) Stephen's daughter Linda(a registered nurse from Auckland) also came, spending most of her time at the Murgwanza Hospital.
Working 8am to 6pm six days a week we completed the Labortory Block and connected water to it. We also painted all the roofs of the School Buildings and did much other maintenance work.
During the fourth week Stephen, Claudia-Anne and Linda went on Safari to the Serengeti; while the other team members met with the school Bursar and worked with the Headmaster and staff, observing the school at work. A day was spent with the Board Planning for the future building programme and development of the Mchungaji Mwema(Good Shepherd)seondary School.
For photos of the team at work and getting to Kagera go to gallery.
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EdAid Educational Aid for International Development Charitable Trust
On the 6 October 2009 a law change was made by the New Zealand Parliament adding EdAid to the list of charities named as approved donee organisations in Schedule 32 of the Tax Act 2007. The change is backdated to the 2008-2009 tax year.
This means that companies can donate up to any amount of their nett income on a fully deductible basis.
Individual donors can donate any amount of their nett income and they will receive a 33 &1/3% rebate.
The law change makes no difference to Trusts who can continue to make distributions of current year income on a tax exempt basis
Donations over $5 are Tax deductible, which means for every $1 you give, NZ taxpayers are entitled to claim 33 & 1/3 cents back at the end of the financial year.
Contact us for further information.
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